China prepping to send warships after pirates

" BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Two Chinese destroyers and a supply ship will set sail for the Gulf of Aden on Friday to protect Chinese merchant ships from an increasing number of pirate attacks in the waters off the...

RI should adopt logging moratorium policy

""The logging moratorium should become a government policy, instead of being a forest guard, and receiving wages from forest and environment destroyers as offered by REDD," Walhi executive director, Chalid...

The Dies Map

"Early in 1941 the Dies Committee came into possession of a strategic map which gave clear proof of the intentions of the Japanese to make an assault on Pearl Harbor. The strategic map was prepared by the Japanese Imperial Military Intelligence Department. Dies telephoned...

The Blackout Of Hawaii On The Eve Of Pearl Harbor

"Although there is no doubt that after September, 1939, Roosevelt definitely preferred to get into the war directly in Europe, he had always kept Japan as an ace in his sleeve ever since his meeting with Stimson in January, 1933, and the first meeting of his Cabinet in March,...

Roosevelt's Policies Prior To Pearl Harbor

"This was done to undermine the Japanese peace party that was still in office, and to strengthen the war party. This aim was fully accomplished when Roosevelt and Hull unceremoniously brushed off the impressive effort of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoye of Japan to reach...

The Administration Had Detailed Advance Warning Of The Attack

"The attack was a surprise to our men at Pearl, their families, the American public, and the world at large. But while the extent of the human toll may have come as a shock to him, FDR was hardly surprised by the attack itself."

Secretary Of State Said The Attack's Time And Place Was Known

October 16, 1941 - After meeting FDR, Secretary of War Henry Stimson wrote: "We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and makes the first bad move -- overt move." On November 25, 1941 - After meeting...

The Most Enlightened And Best Informed People In All The World

"I want you to know that your government has no information which it has any thought of withholding from you.... You are, I believe, the most enlightened and best informed people in all the world." President Franklin D. Roosevelt. September 1939.  

FDR's Foreknowledge Of The Attack Is Rediscovered Every 5 Years

June 8, 2001 :: It doesn't matter how many times you prove it. Wait five years and you have to prove it all over again. Take Pearl Harbor. The fact that FDR knew the Japanese were going to attack is something that should now be solid American history.

Medical Supplies Shipped To Hawaii Prior To The Attack

June 6, 2001::Robert Ogg had been in Naval Intelligence during the war. Ogg had detected the presence of a Japanese task force working its way toward Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. The Japanese force had been under radio silence. But the silence had been broken on a number...

Roosevelt's Intentions Were Nearly Exposed In 1940

A code clerk at the U.S. embassy in London discovered secret dispatches between Roosevelt and Churchill. These revealed that FDR, despite contrary campaign promises, was determined to engage America in the war. He smuggled some of the documents out of the embassy, hoping...

Churchill/Roosevelt Message November 25, Is Classified To This Day

"When the Japanese attack hit Pearl Harbor, the targets they found were older relics from a bygone age; the 21 modern ships of the Pacific fleet, including the two carriers, were safely out of harm's way."

Day Of Deceit - The Truth About FDR And Pearl Harbor

"Robert Stinnett, who served in the U.S. Navy with distinction during World War II, examines recently declassified American documents and concludes that, far more than merely knowing of the Japanese plan to bomb Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt deliberately steered Japan into war...

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